WebSearch is currently disabled for all non-Anthropic providers (OpenAI
shim, DeepSeek, Ollama, etc.) because those providers have no native
search backend. This adds Firecrawl as a fallback that activates when
FIRECRAWL_API_KEY is set, unlocking web search for every model
openclaude supports.
WebFetch uses basic HTTP + Turndown for HTML-to-markdown conversion,
which fails silently on JS-rendered SPAs and bot-protected pages.
Firecrawl scrape replaces the fetch layer when FIRECRAWL_API_KEY is set,
returning clean markdown that handles dynamic content correctly.
Changes:
- WebSearchTool: add runFirecrawlSearch() using @mendable/firecrawl-js,
respects allowed_domains (post-filter) and blocked_domains (-site: operators),
includes result snippets alongside links. shouldUseFirecrawl() ensures
firstParty/Vertex/Foundry/Codex providers keep their native backends.
- WebFetchTool: add scrapeWithFirecrawl(), drops into the existing
applyPromptToMarkdown() pipeline so prompt processing is unchanged.
- Remove "Web search is only available in the US" restriction from
prompt when Firecrawl is active (it works globally).
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